Millennials<\/i>.\u00a0 Many of us know this word pretty well, seeing as the word itself defines our generation.\u00a0 As the largest generation in American history, we\u2019ve had a front row seat to one of the most horrific and fast-paced times.\u00a0 Our generation has witnessed the viscous attacks of 9\/11, the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina, and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression.<\/p>\n
While we millennials are the most educated generation in history, our education has come at a price.\u00a0 The average debt has more than doubled<\/em> for university students in the past twenty years, leaving each millennial with approximately $45,000.\u00a0 It\u2019s honestly no wonder we’ve been coined the \u201cunlucky ones.\u201d<\/p>\n Regardless of the cards we’ve been dealt, millennials as a whole tend to have a tenacious attitude; more than half state that they plan to start their own business one day.\u00a0 In order to achieve success as an entrepreneur, one must be able to sell, since every step of building a business revolves around selling.<\/p>\n Author Daniel Pink put it best when he stated that \u201ca world of entrepreneurs is a world of sales people.\u201d\u00a0 Generally, when people think about entrepreneurs, they think of people who start and run their own companies.\u00a0 While this definition is accurate, I believe the essence behind being a successful entrepreneur is coming up an idea and convincing people that your idea is worth it.<\/em><\/p>\n Millennials may have been born during an extremely difficult time, but it\u2019s my belief that these trying circumstances fostered spirits of determination that will prove to be valuable in the sales world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Millennials.\u00a0 Many of us know this word pretty well, seeing as the word itself defines our generation.\u00a0 As the largest generation in American history, we\u2019ve had a front row seat to one of the most horrific and fast-paced times.\u00a0 Our generation has witnessed the viscous attacks of 9\/11, the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina, and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1543,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions\/1543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}